He admitted that it would seem crazy, especially since Chainz is much older, but it’s a testament to their friendship. Wayne has never admitted to being the one who brought 2 Chainz success, but after their performance, together at the VMA’s, he told an MTV reporter that it was like seeing his child up there. He told XXL in 2013 during his cover story that there would be no magazine covers without Lil Dwayne Carter. While Wayne didn’t have anything to do with his second coming, 2 Chainz still considers Wayne the man who saved his career. A new name gave him new life, another chance to blow up bigger than before. Their bond didn’t need paperwork to keep their ties strongĢ011 was the year all the stars aligned for the artist formerly known as Tity Boi. Without being under the same umbrella, Tity Boi and Young Money benefited from their many collaborations. Two relationships that would prove to be instrumental in his resurgence after the name change. That’s where Tity met Drake and formed a relationship with Nicki. In ‘08, he brought him out on the first half of the I Am Music Tour. (Well, if you ask the label, it’s a 2 Chainz album that features Lil Wayne on a bunch of songs, not a "Lil Wayne" album, the kind of legal loophole that uses the logic of a third grader, somewhere between ridiculous and genius.)Įven though Tity wasn’t a big name artist, Wayne never stopped supporting him. For once, the promise of a collaboration album with Wayne was kept. But to my surprise, that’s not what happened. With Tha Carter V in the courtroom, Cash Money isn’t letting their imprisoned songbird sing for anyone but them. Awaiting the inevitable label interference that would push the project back into Neveruary 32nd. A few years ago, when 2 Chainz hinted that he and Weezy would be doing a project together, it was easy to imagine the album would sit on the shelf between Detox and I Can’t Feel My Face. It happened with Juelz it happened with T-Pain it happened with Drake it’s a surprise that Wayne and Birdman actually put out a joint album.
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When Wayne finds chemistry with another rapper, it usually leads to a massive amount of music and occasionally the promise of an album. Features were done in bulk, he has more artists signed to him than the New Orleans Saints have players, and rappers orbit him like the Earth does the sun. Relationships have always been a big part of Wayne's success. He came into the rap game in a group and never lost his willingness to collaborate.